The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-14
NO. 18.

gel who was hurled out of Heaven at the
time Of Satan's rebellion.
Right after him comes a soul that makes
s great stir among the celestials, and th@
angels rush to the scene, each bringing
her dazzling coronet. Who is shef Over
what realm on earth was she queeng In
what great Dusseldorf festival was she the
cantatricel Neither. Shs was an invalid
who never left her room for twenty years
but she was strong in prayer, and she
prayed down revival after revival, and PEN
tecost after pentecost, upon the chuSchesS
and with her pale hands she knit many
G0itten or tippet for the poor, and with hSF
contriVances she added joy to many hol-
day festival, and now, with those thin
hands so strong for kindness, and with
those Write lips so strong for supphcations
she has won coronation, and enthrone-
ment, and jubilee. And Christ says to the
angels who have brought each crown Tor
the glorified invalid: "No, not these; they
are not good enough. But in the jeweled
vase at the right hand side of my throne
there is ons that have been preparing for
many year, and for her every pang have
set an amethyst, and for her every good
have set a pearl Fetch it now and fulfill
the promise gave her long ago IN the
sick room; "Be thou faithful unto death
ana will give thee a crown of ife."
But notes that there is only one being in
the universe who can and will distribute
the trophies Of Heaven and earth. 1t is
the Devine ruler, she Commander-in-Chief
of the centuries, the Champion OF the ages
the Universal Conqueror she Son of God,
Jesus. You will take the spC1ls from lbs
hama, or never take them at tSll have
His friendship and you may defy al time
and eternity; but without it you wSFe
pauper, though you had universe at your
command.
We are told in Revelation that Jacobs
twelve sons were SO hOnored as to have
the twelve gates of Heaven named after
them-over one gate of Heaven, NaphtahS
over another gate Of Heaven, IssacharS
over another, Dan; over another, GadS
over another, Zebulon; over another
Judah, and so on. But Christs name is
written over all the gates, and on every
panel of the gates and have His help, His
pardon, His intercession, His atonement
must, or be a forlorn wretch forever. My
Lord and My God make me and all who
hear me this day, and all to whom these
words shall come, be Thy repentant, be-
neving, sworn, consecratsd and ransomed
followers forever.
blage would rise to your feet if y2u could
realize it. the day in which Christ shat, IN
fulfllment of my text, divide the spoil. 1t
was great day when Queen Victoria, in
the midst of the Crimean war, distributed
medals to the soldiers who had come home
sick and wounded. At the Horse Guards
in the presence Of the royal family, the in-
jured men were carried in or came on
crutches-Colonel Trowbridge, who lost
both feet at Inlxerman; and Captain Sayer,
Who had the ankle joint of his right leg
shot off at Alma; and Captain Currie, his
disabled limb supported by soldier, and
others manned, and ds1gured, and eX-
hausted-and with her own hand the Queen
gave each the Crimean medaL And what
triumphant days for those soldiers when,
further on, they received the FRENCH medal
with the imperial eagle, and the turkish
medal with its representation of four dags
FRANCS, Turkey, England and sardinia
and beneath it a map of Crimea spread over
a gun wheel.
And what rewards ars suggested to all
readers of history by the mere mention OF
the Waterloo medal, and the Cape medal
and the Gold Cross medal, and the medal
struck for bravery in our American war.
But how insignificant are those compared
with the day when the the good soldiers or
Jesus Christ shall come in out Of the bat
ties of this world, and in the presence or
all the piled up glories Of the redeemed
and unfallen, Jesus, our King, shall divide
the spoil. The more wounds, the greater
the inheritance. The longer the forced
march, the more vivid the trophy. Tho
more terrific the exhaustion, the more
untroubled the transport. Not the gift OF
brilliant ribbon medal OF brass or
silver or gold, but kingdom in which we
are to reign forever and ever. Mansions
on the eternal hills, dominions Of unfading
power, empires of uuending love, conti-
nents Of unendina light, Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans Of billowing joy.
1t was great day when Aurelian, the
Roman Emperor, came back from his vic
tories In the front of the procession were
RS1iId baasts from all lands GOO Uln3iatOra
richly clad, wagon loads of crowns pre-
sented by conquered cities; among the
captives, Syrians, Egyptians, GOths, Van
dals, Bamaritaus, Franks; and Zenobia,
the beautiful captive Queen, on foot in
chains of gold that slave had to help her
carry and Jewels under the weight OF
which che almost tainted. And then came
the chariot Of Aurelian, drawn by four eie-
plants in gorgeous caphrison, and followed
by the Roman Senate and the Roman army,
and from dawn till dark the procession was
passing. Rome in all her history never
saw any thing more magnificent. But
how much greater the day when or
Conqueror, Jesus shall ride under the tri-
umpnal arches of Heaven; His captiveB,
hand or foot or in chariots, all the Kingdoms
of earth and Heaven; in procession the
armies celestial on white horses RumbluE
artillery Of thunderbolts never again 20
be unlimbered. Kingdoms in line, centuries
in line, sanity, cherubic, seraphic, archau-
gellc splendors in line, and Christ seated
on one great rolling hosanna, made out Of
all hallelujahs OF all worlds, shall cry haiti
to the procession. And not forgetting even
the humblest in all the reach of His omni-
presence, he shall rise, and then and there,
His work done and His glory consummated,
proceed amid an ecstacy such as neither
mortal nor immortal ever imagined 70
divide the spoil